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<body><p>STORY: From Micron's mega market cap to Apple's price hikes...</p><p>...this is the Week in Numbers.</p><p>:: The Week in Numbers</p><p>:: $1.4 trillion.</p><p>About $1.4 trillion was Micron's market cap after it briefly blew past the value of Meta and Tesla for the first time.</p><p>It came after the firm forecast quarterly profit and revenue well above expectations.</p><p>Micron is a major memory-chip maker and a key supplier to AI titan Nvidia.</p><p>The company's shares have more than tripled in value so far this year, and soared close to a fifth following its results.</p><p>:: 5%</p><p>Almost 5% is how far Apple shares fell after it announced price hikes.</p><p>The tech giant said its cheapest laptop will jump from $599 to $699, with iPad prices also rising - although the iPhone won't jump for now.</p><p>Apple says it can no longer avoid passing on rising costs to consumers.</p><p>The price of memory chips jumped by around 98% in the first quarter, and has kept soaring due to the AI boom.</p><p>:: 42%&nbsp;</p><p>42% was how much shares of Wendy's soared as retail traders bought up the beaten-down stock in the latest meme-like rally.</p><p>Trading on the heavily shorted stock was paused multiple times due to volatility..</p><p>Shares briefly hit a more than seven-month high.</p><p>The fast food chain is battling weak sales and pressure from an activist investor, with its stock down more than 78% from record highs five years ago.</p><p>:: $648 billion</p><p>Almost $648 billion is how much Samsung plans to invest in South Korea over 10 years.</p><p>That's according to the Maeil Business Newspaper, which said the firm will announce its intentions on Monday.</p><p>The investment includes a potential $194 billion to build chip factories in the country's southwest, as well as plans for AI data centers, batteries and displays.</p><p>There was no immediate response to a request for comment from Samsung.</p><p>:: $606.5 million</p><p>And $606.5 million was H&M's operating profit during its fiscal second quarter.</p><p>That was smaller than expected for the Swedish fashion retailer.</p><p>H&M blamed weaker consumer demand and inflation made worse by the Iran war.</p><p>CEO Daniel Erver said Europe, particularly the western part of it, had gone through a difficult quarter.</p></body>

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We have spent two years watching the AI build-out through an American lens. Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), OpenAI (Unlisted:OPAI), the hyperscalers and their hundred-billion-dollar capex pledges. On Monday, South Korea will remind everyone that the...

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<body><p>STORY: :: Apple</p><p>Apple is hiking prices as the cost of memory chips skyrockets.</p><p>Its lowest priced laptop will jump from $599 to $699, with iPad prices also rising.</p><p>For now at least, the iPhone is unaffected.</p><p>Apple says it can no longer avoid passing on rising costs to consumers.</p><p>The price of memory chips jumped by around 98% in the first quarter, and has continued to soar ever since.</p><p>That is driven by the boom in AI data centers.</p><p>Companies like Nvidia have signed big deals with chipmakers, leaving consumer electronics firms scrambling to secure supplies.</p><p>Apple said it had never seen component prices increase so much, so quickly.</p><p>While iPhones weren’t hit by Thursday’s move, analysts say it’s only a matter of time before they too face price increases.</p><p>Apple shares fell almost 5%, while Dell dropped 8%.</p><p>Some industry watchers say Apple’s rivals may have to do even bigger price increases, as they lack the Mac maker’s deep ties to suppliers.</p><p>Research firm IDC says the global smartphone and computer markets will both see sharp contractions this year due to the rising prices.</p></body>

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